Housing

Housing

Providing safe, decent, affordable housing for all residents as a determining factor in increasing a household’s ability to gain wealth and education. The idea of creating a more diverse housing opportunity creates neighborhood diversity and creates more sustainable communities.

Timeline: In five years, and every five years thereafter, demonstrate an increase in the number of

affordable, safe, decent, housing units created or preserved, with an emphasis on those that provide diverse options.

Cost: Primary costs already accounted for, additional costs TBD

Responsible Parties: Regional Housing Work Group, ECICOG

Action 2: Increase education efforts in regard to affordable housing. Each effort would create a message that takes into consideration the audience and why education is needed.

Timeline: In five years, and every five years thereafter, demonstrate an increase in the educational opportunities available

Cost: TBD

Responsible Parties: Regional Housing Work Group, ECICOG

Action 3: Encourage creation of neighborhoods that: offer a mix of land uses, offer a variety of type and size of housing, promote unique character, promote safety and a sense of community, create walkable environments with other accessible transportation options available.

Timeline: In five years, and every five years thereafter, demonstrate an increase in neighborhoods that offer the above

Cost: Costs already included in program budgets, additional costs TBD

Responsible Parties: Regional Housing Work Group, ECICOG

Action 4: Encourage cities and counties to create more diverse, affordable housing options through regional cooperation. This cooperation would foster the creation of more universal building codes, development regulations, and developer incentives intended to lower the cost of affordable housing development and preservation.

Timeline: In five years, and every five years thereafter, a demonstration of the collaborative efforts can be shown through initiatives that have been implemented by the joint local governments.

Cost: Costs already included in program budgets, additional costs TBD

Responsible Parties: Regional Housing Work Group, ECICOG

Each of the strategies created different metrics for measurements, but for the most part, the actual number that has increased as a result of the strategy would be the metric. In some cases, the dollars committed by local governments and others in order to achieve a strategy is also a metric. These will be regularly monitored and reported.